French Grammar; Or, Theoretical & Practical Lessons in the French Language (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1823 edition. Excerpt: ...to boil again-acquerir, to acquire, ' conquerir, to conquer devetir, to undres-.. s'enquerir, to enquire revetir, to invest querir, to fetch vetir, to clothe reconquerir, to reconquer ou-i-r, to hear requerir, to require investir, to invent s'enfuir, to run away hai-r, to hate l fuir, to shun mourir, to die Observations. When refiartir signifies (to distribute) it is marked with an accute accent and is conjugated asflnir; which is the contrary, when it signifies (to reply, to set out again;) then it has no accent and is irregular; refiartir, je repars, je refiartirai, &c. In the other sense, we will say, je voudrais que vous refiartissiez plus egalement; I should like for you to divide more equally. Also when sortir signifies avoir, or obtenir, to obtain (a law term, ) and when ressortir signifies Hire dn ressort, to be under the jurisdiction of; they are then conjugated as jlnir, to distinguish them from to go out, and retsortir, to go out again. Termination in oir. Infinitive Mood. Present. Rec-cvoir, to receive Participle pres, rec-cvant, receiving Participle past, reg-u, m. ue, /. received. Compound Tenses. Present. Avoir rc9U, to have received past. ayant re.u, having received Indicative Mood.. Present. Je rec-ois, I receive nous rec-evons, we receive tu ois, thou receivest vous rec-evez, you receive il oit, he receives ils reg-oivent, they receive Imperfect. je rec-evais, / received nous rec-evions, toe rec'ed tu evais, thou recenedtt vous eviez, you rec'ed il evait, fie received ils evaient, they rec'ed Preterit. je re9-us, 1 received nous reg-times, ive rec'ed tu us, thou receivedst vous ntes, you rec'ed il ut, he received ils urent, they rec, ed Future. je rec-evrai, / will receive nous rec-ev'rons, we wil?&c. tu evras, thou wilt...